Celery-collar



(No Model.)

G. W'. RUGG.

CBLERY COLLAR.

No. 361,241.v

, IIIHIHMlHIMlI Patented Apr. 12, 1887.

lllillllldlln E fm W UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. BUGG, OF NEVARK, OHIO.

CELERY-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,241, dated Aprill2, 1887.

Application filed December 7, 1886. Serial No. 220,945. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RUGG, of Newark, in the county of Lickingand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOelery- Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit,/reference being had to the accompanying drawi ngs,which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an'improvement in celery-collars; and itconsists in, first, a wrapper which is formed from a piece of paper orother suitable material, and which is folded or -doubled at any suitablepoint between its two ends for the purpose of making the collar ex- Yfrom paper or any suitable flexible material,

and which is doubled or folded at any suitable point between its twoends, so that after the wrapper has been placed around the growing plantit can be extended from time to time, according to the growth of theplant, and thus be made'to always surround those portions of v the plantwhich are to be bleached.

Figure lis aside elevation of one of the wrappers applied to a growingplant. Fig. 2

is a vertical section of the same, the wrapper being shown extended bydotted lines. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section taken on the line x w ofFig. 1.

In making wrappers the paper or-other material out of which the wrapperis to be made is folded or doubled,vas shown at A, and thenl the twoedges of the paper are folded back upon the wrapper, so as to form thetwo folds or doubled portions B. These folds in the paper are made inthe flatsheet out of which the wrapper is to be formed, and in applyingthe wrappers to the celery the sheets, folded as above described, aresimply Wrapped or placed around the growing plants and then held inposition by means of a rubber band, a string, or any other suitablefastening, a.- The edges of the piece or sheet of paper are not joinedtogether, but are left free, so that the wrapper can expand more or lesswith the growth'of the plant.

Any suitable device or means may be employed for holding a wrapperaround a plant, as this forms no particular part of myinvention.

The fold or doubled portion A will be made of any desirable width and atany suitable point 'between the two ends of the wrapper. This fold .isfor the purpose of making the wrapper extensible when placed around thegrowing plant. e

When the wrapper is first laced around the plant, it is of j ust such alength as to surround all those portions of the plant which are to bebleached, leaving the tops of the plant to extend above the upper end ofthe wrapper. As the plant continues to grow this wrapper must beextended in length from time to time to correspond to the growth, and itis` for the purpose of enabling the wrapper to be made per to correspondto the increased growth ofthe plant is entirely avoided, and one wrapperis made to answer every p urpose for each plant,

`thus greatly decreasing not only the cost in the Wrappers themselves,but the amount of.

work which would be necessary to place additional wrappers in position.

Both of the ends of the wrapper are folded back upon the wrapper, asshown, for the purpose of increasing not only the extensibility of thewrapper itself, but of reenforcing the wrapper at these points andincreasing their strength, so that when a strain is brought to bear uponthe wrapper for the purpose of opening out the fold A the paper willnottear, as otherwise might be the case. After the fold A has been openedout for the purpose of increasing the length of the tube, the ends canbe unfolded,and thus increase the length of the tube from time to timeaccording to the growth of the plant.

By means of the construction above de'A ICO scribed only a singlewrapper is needed for' each plant, thereby enabling it to be bleachedfrom its roots to the growing tops, and with much less labor than isnecessary to be ex- 5 pended upon those wrappers which are made of onlya. single length when placed upon the growing plant.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A wrapper for bleachingcelery, which is formed from paper or other suitable material, und whichis provided with n fold or bend between its two ends for the purpose ofmel@ ing the wrapper extensible, substantially as 15 shown.

2. A wrapper for bleaching celery, which is formed from paper or othersuitable materiel, and which is provided with a fold or bend between itstwo ends, and which has its ends turned or folded back upon itself,substun- 2o tially as set forth.

In testimony wllcrcof'l nflx iny signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE V. RUGG.

Vitnesscs:

A. S. PATTisoN, F. A. LEHMANN.

